Wednesday 19 October 2011
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2 missing soldiers in Basilan clash found alive
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Two of the soldiers reported missing in the aftermath of Tuesday’s clash with Moro rebels in Al-Barka, Basilan were found alive, albeit wounded, the military announced Thursday.
Lieutenant Colonel Randolph Cabangbang, spokesman of the military’s Western Mindanao Command, said the soldiers were separately found in Barangay (village) Cambug late Wednesday and early Thursday.
He said militiamen scouring the village found the second soldier early Thursday, also wounded.
Cabangbang did not release the names of the two soldiers but added they were now being brought to a military hospital here.
On Wednesday afternoon, the bodies of six soldiers — also among the 10 reported missing — were retrieved by the Al-Barka police near Cambug.This brought to 19 the mitary’s death toll in Tuesday’s clash with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels.
Full Story: Inquirer Mindanao
Lieutenant Colonel Randolph Cabangbang, spokesman of the military’s Western Mindanao Command, said the soldiers were separately found in Barangay (village) Cambug late Wednesday and early Thursday.
He said militiamen scouring the village found the second soldier early Thursday, also wounded.
Cabangbang did not release the names of the two soldiers but added they were now being brought to a military hospital here.
On Wednesday afternoon, the bodies of six soldiers — also among the 10 reported missing — were retrieved by the Al-Barka police near Cambug.This brought to 19 the mitary’s death toll in Tuesday’s clash with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels.
Full Story: Inquirer Mindanao
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